Ardnagragh (Digby)

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardnagragh (Digby), from 69 m² to 746,278 m² (74.63 ha, 184.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardnagragh (Digby) in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 2 Apr 2025Conditional

  the following works to our existing dwelling house; -demolish existing front and rear extensions -construct a new extension to the rear and sides of the existing dwelling house -alterations to the internal layout of the existing dwelling house -decommissioning of existing septic tank -raising of the roof level of the existing dwelling house to include removal of existing chimneys -installation of new septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560148

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  construction of a cattle underpass with underground effluent tank, access ramps and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460310

• 27 Jun 2023Conditional

  revision to design of house granted under planning application with reference: 22164. Permission was previously sought to construct a four bedroom dwelling and domestic garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360193

• 9 Feb 2023Conditional

  demolition of the existing office block and construct a new 2 storey office block ancillary to the main use of Reynolds Commercials and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360028

• 11 Nov 2022Conditional

  construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite suitable treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22543

• 5 Apr 2022Conditional

  to construct a four bedroom dwelling and domestic garage at Ardnagragh (Digby), Walderstown, Athlone, Co Westmeath. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22164

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  to construct an additional bay to the western end of the workshop, single storey staff offices, toilets, reception and waiting area ancillary to the use of the premises and all associated site works at our premises.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2244

• 3 Nov 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage, single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21591

• 25 Aug 2021Refused

  Construct a four bedroom dwelling and domestic garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21470

• 18 May 2021Conditional

  1) Demolition of existing single storey sections to the east and south sides of the building and replacement of same with a new single storey extension to the east side of the building with additional floor space to accommodate facilities for mechanics and extended parts storeroom 2) Renovations to existing reception/office/parts area to incorporate a new ground floor layout and a first-floor canteen and storeroom including the addition of a second-storey extension to accommodate new staff offices, board room and toilet facilities 3) Renovations to the workshop area to include increasing the height of rear of the workshop to allow Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) to pass through and to lengthen Bays 4 to Bay 8 4) New cladding to front and sides of the building to comply with the accompanying Renault Trucks Dealer Facility Standards and Branding 5) Installation of solar paneling and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21264

• 9 Dec 2020Refused

  Construction of a four-bedroom dwelling and domestic garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works and drainage

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207198

• 16 Jun 2020Conditional

  Decommissioning of existing septic tank and replacement of same with a single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207084

• 16 Jun 2020Conditional

  Retention permission for the following: 1) 105.41sqm floor area of existing commercial truck service, parts and sales area 2) 742.58sqm floor area of existing workshop space 3) Existing site signage. Planning permission for the following works: 1) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and percolation area and replacement of same with a new septic tank and percolation area 2) Close existing business site entrance and construct a new business site entrance 3) Remove existing container currently used as a canteen 4) Install a new truck wash facility, underground oil interceptor tanks, new concrete apron/hardstanding parking area and landscaping to the overall development 5) New site signage; and all associated site works at our premises

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 207085

• 22 May 2019Conditional

  Demolition of an existing prefabricated single storey classroom rear extension containing 1 main classroom, 2 special education teacher classrooms, associated wcs and corridors; construction of a new two-storey rear classroom extension to include 1 Special Needs Unit with associated office, multi-sensory room, safe room, storage, corridors and wcs and 1 main classroom, 2 special education teacher rooms with associated wcs and corridors spaces and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 197111

• 8 Jun 2018Conditional

  Planning permission for the construction of a new dwelling; septic tank and percolation area, domestic garage; new road entrance and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187104

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardnagragh (Digby).

Recorded monuments

• WM023-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a hill, in pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 and 1978 as a D-shaped area (dims. 27.3m NNW-SSE; 26m ENE-WSW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank that has been disturbed SW-W with slight remains of a shallow external fosse at N. No entrance feature visible. The interior has a SE-facing slope with a possible souterrain (WM023-030001-) within the E quadrant. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 July 2019

• WM023-030001 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on top of a hill, in pasture, with good views in all directions. In E sector of ringfort (WM023-030----) is a linear depression (L 14.3m; Wth 4m; D 0.5m) which extends from the centre of the ringfort to the interior of the bank at ENE. This depression may represent the collapsed roof of a souterrain within ringfort. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 July 2019

• WM023-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a rise, in gently undulating and hilly pasture. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (28m ENE-WSW; 26m NNW-SSE) defined by a poorly preserved scarp and external fosse visible from S-W-WNW. The much denuded scarp is slight and is almost completely levelled from NE-E-S. No clear entrance feature visible. The interior has a WSW-facing slope. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 July 2019

• WM023-050 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a low rise, in undulating pasture. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. A silage pit has been built in the centre of the monument location. Mounds of earth and stone lie against the walls of the silage pit. There is no trace of an enclosing bank or scarp. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 24 July 2019

• WM023-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a very slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. Bivallate ringfort described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 42m E-W; 36.6m N-S) enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is high and steep on the exterior and is almost reduced to a scarp on the interior, with several modern gaps. A portion of the bank has been quarried away from SSE-S-WSW and a modern stone wall has been built just outside the base, where the ground is also disturbed. There are traces of a wide intervening fosse which is best preserved from SE-ESE. The outer bank is well defined and best preserved from SE-ESE, being visible in places outside the modern wall. Elsewhere, the ground at the foot of the outer bank is disturbed and a modern field bank intersects at ENE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has traces of cultivation ridges running NW-SE. A Preservation Order was placed on this monument 05/02/1975 (SMR file). Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• WM023-053 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating and hilly pasture with good views to E, S, and SW. Bivallate ringfort described in 1971 and 1977 as an oval-shaped area (diam. 30m) enclosed by a steep bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. A modern wall running E-W crosses the N quadrant. The inner earth and stone bank is narrow and is almost reduced to a scarp with several modern disturbance gaps. A shallow intervening fosse is visible at N, S and SW. There are traces of a slight outer bank visible from S-WSW. A modern bank intersects the base of the inner bank at WSW. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior rises appreciably from the perimeter towards the centre where there is a wide shallow depression. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 25 July 2019

Architectural heritage

• House, 1800–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house with attic level, built c.1815, having a single-bay entrance porch to the centre of the main elevation (east). Now out of use and derelict. Pitched corrugated metal roof with raised rendered verges to either gable end (north and south) and a pair of central rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with square-headed window openings having cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening to projecting porch with timber sheeted half-door. Set back from road in overgrown grounds with complex of single-storey rubble limestone outbuildings to site, having pitched natural slate or corrugated metal roofs and square-headed openings with remains of early timber fittings. Rendered boundary wall to road frontage having a pair of rendered gate piers supporting a wrought-iron gate. Located to the east of Glassan.

• House, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1810. Hipped natural slate roof with cement rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over plinth course. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and timber sash windows. Central round-headed door opening with spoked fanlight over and a timber panelled door. et back from road with mature garden to front elevation (south). Complex of rubble limestone outbuildings to the rear (north) having pitched natural slate roofs. Rubble limestone boundary wall to road frontage (west) with rendered gate piers supporting cast-iron gates. Located to the southeast of Glassan.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Ardnagragh (Digby), about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardnagragh (Digby).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Ardnagragh (Digby) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Ardnagragh (Digby) · Ard na gCreach (Digby)

Area

2,627,299 m² (262.73 ha, 649.22 acres)

Civil parish

Drumraney, and its townlands

Barony

Kilkenny West

Electoral division

Ardnagragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

494 people lived in 152 households in the Ardnagragh electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnagragh (Gray), Cauran, Cormaclew, Kilkenny Abbey, Killininneen, Lisdachon, Pishanagh, Streamstown, Walderstown

Placenames

Ardnagragh (Digby) on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.